Smile Like You Mean It: My 56th Blog of the year 2025

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that in the rugby department that the All Blacks will embark on a Northern grand slam tour for the first time since 2010 where the 1st game will be at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, United States against Ireland where we'll have a chance for vengeance as well as a shot of redemption since losing to them for the first time in international rugby back in 2016 (And Ireland's last win against us was in 2022 in Wellington where they become the first side since France way, way back in 1994, to win a test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand, & the first team to do it during the professional era, a year before we beat them in the quarterfinals of the most recent men's RWC in 2023 in one of the greatest matches of that tournament, but it was last year that New Zealand won that brilliant but epic test against the Irish in Dublin for what was our last meeting between the two, in one of the best rugby games I have ever watched on TV), & after that, it's Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh where the Scots have never beaten us in international rugby (Our last meeting between the two was in 2022 where Mark Tele'a had a stellar dream debut in which he scored both tries on that occasion), then it's England the following week at Allianz Stadium London in London where the English have never beaten us (Our most recent meeting between the two was last year where reserve first five-eighth for England of George Ford who had the chance to take the lead with a penalty goal that had gone astray before missing a certain field goal (Well, I use the league term now of field goal instead of the traditional rugby terms of drop goal, drop kick or droppie, just like I label the free kick as the short arm penalty, & the mark as a fair catch) that would've won the match which eluded the English) since that fateful men's Rugby World Cup semifinal back in 2019 in Yokohama, Japan, & finally Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff where the Welsh have never won against us in international rugby since 1953 on that fateful day in December (Our most recent meeting between both countries was in 2022 where the AB's smashed the Welsh to bits for what was to be the most standout rugby game I've ever seen the All Blacks play outside of our home country of New Zealand).

And secondly that I will be certainly look forward of meeting Aunty Tan & Rejean again this December when they arrive in Whanganui on the 10th (That's the 8th here in New Zealand) in that has been confirmed via email from Aunty Tan for the first time since January last year in which they left New Zealand shores (And it's been 642 days since I last saw both of them as of Labour Day this year on October 27th (And it'll be 686 days at the time when they get here, but I reckon I should make a blog after this called 686 days: The Ballad of Aunty Tan & Rejean), 2 days after arriving here in which they'll be staying at Nigel Christie's place in New Plymouth until the 10th), until January 2nd next year when they leave here (And I'll certainly be watching Austin Powers in Goldmember movie that I've got on Blu-ray that I'll play it on my PS5 Pro console when both of them are here because Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the last movie I have ever watched which was back in May this year).

And thirdly that the next America's Cup is expected to be held in Napoli, Italy due to the city having enough money of hosting that event (For which the next edition will have its new loopholes, such as the cost cap measures inspired by Formula One being applied in order to level the playing field, & the 3 non-nationals being within the team have been brought in) meaning that it'll be the first time Italy will play host to the America's Cup series (And Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli could even sniff a chance of winning the Auld Mug mainly because of them having the home water advantage), & it'll be the 4th time Europe will play host to sailing's most treasured prize (Spain hosted them 3 times such as Valencia hosting it twice in both way back in 2007 & back in 2010, & Barcelona once last year) in which Emirates Team New Zealand will have a new leader, in the form of Aussie Nathan Outteridge since our own Kiwi Peter Burling (Who led Team New Zealand on 3 successful occasions in a row in Bermuda 2017 against the all-Aussie crew of Oracle Team USA led by Jimmy 'The Pitbull' Spithill, then at home in Auckland 2021 against LRPP of Italy led by it's co-helmsmen of Spithill & Francesco Bruni, & Barcelona last year against INEOS Britannia (Now Athena Racing Limited) led by Sir Ben 'Guv' Ainslie) who decided to move on as he left to head to the breakaway yachting series of SailGP.

And finally that in the gaming department that I have bought both Rugby 2004 & Rugby 2005 on Playstation 2 at Cash Converters a couple of weeks ago (And I have also bought EA Sports Rugby on Playstation 2 at EB Games on November 8th this year, & V8 Supercars Australia 2 also on Playstation 2 on the 27th of November also this year), to add to my old retro gaming collection along with both Rugby 08 & WRC: Rally Evolved also on Playstation 2, & the PC version of Andretti Racing that I've got at home already (And I have pre-ordered Cricket 26 on both the PS4 & PS5 version lately at EB Games meaning that I don't have to go there until the 20th of November (That is 5 weeks until Christmas) a day before the actual Ashes test cricket series between Australia & England starts with the 1st test (AKA the West test) at Perth Stadium in Perth, but I started to play eFootball on the PS5 as a tribute to my late Moroccan-Jewish friend of Leon Benbaruk who passed away also back in March this year due to health issues so I can play the 8 national teams of the world & Copa America champions of Argentina, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal & the Europeans champions Spain, but the biggest omission I have left out is Brazil because they don't appear on the EA Sports FC games due to Konami having the licensing rights to the proud Brazilian national football/soccer team, & I recreated the finals of the last 4 Football/Soccer men's World Cups in 2010 (The finalists were the Netherlands Vs Spain), 2014 (Germany Vs Argentina), 2018 (France Vs Croatia) & 2022 (Argentina Vs France), & the last 3 Euros finals in 2016 (Portugal Vs France), 2020 being played in 2021 (Italy Vs England) & last year (Spain Vs England) where I had to relive then re-write history in the exhibition game mode.

So that is my 632nd blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 56th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Asking for a Friend: My 55th blog of the year 2025

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that boom! I'm back baby! I would never stop deleting my Imanolchristian account right here because I thought my blogging career would be over, until Dad restored it for me today, so that is good (And news that I've missed such as the end of the Gaza war where a ceasefire may have brought into place according to the greedy American leader (Who has got the Hispanic people cornered by him due to America's war on immigration (Including Bad Bunny who announced he'll perform at the Super Bowl LX halftime show in Santa Clara, California, surrounded by Immigration Customs Enforcement officers who had confirmation to be his entourage) as well as the goverment shutdown that happened a month ago as they allowed the National Guard, to guard several US cities in their country's war on crime, such as Washington D.C. (In which people are feeling safe about it, especially going into a restaurant), Chicago, Illinois, & other cities across America to follow suit, but I won't mention that dreadful but shocking event that occurred last month, just to avoid backlash by keeping it clean & respectful by not being offensive, objectionable & sensitive towards the American people), therefore finishing the invasion in which Palestinian people affected by that awful invasion were able to return to their homes while the Israeli soldiers who fought in the conflict were leaving, & since the Gaza war is since been over that they're not going to make a peace deal for that dreadful invasion that they're still having since 2022 where they have failed to find a solution, unless Ukraine can come up with something else like their drones being sent to blow up their oil refineries in that country who started it where the economy is crumbling according to a comment that I heard from Dad that the terrible conflict could end within a year).

And secondly, sports news stuff that I missed such as South Africa retaining the Rugby Championship following their victory against Argentina in London (That crucial match of the Southern Hemisphere competition took place a week after the host nation of this years women's Rugby World Cup of the England Red Roses women who easily beat Canada (Who defeated the Black Ferns in the semi in Bristol, in one of the biggest upsets in women's rugby history, especially the women's World Cup in which Rejean was stoked about it when the Canadians reached their first final since 2014) by 33 points to 13 to end an 11 year drought of bringing rugby home when at that moment when they won the Women's RWC, just like the Three Lionesses of the England women's football/soccer team retained the Euros in style against the world champions Spain women at women's Euro 2025, in which football/soccer is staying home, but the success of women's sport in England this year such as both the Women's Euro 2025 & the women's Rugby World Cup wins have found a new pathway to greatness, but the reason why New Zealand lost to Canada? It was because of Summer Games gold medalist from Paris last year of Jorja Miller pulling out before the semi with an undisclosed injury that she picked up in our quarterfinal win against South Africa, & it must've been in a tackle that got her hurt) in which the AB's narrowly missed out (Including wins over the world champions in an tight but intense thriller at Eden Park in Auckland in Ardie Savea's 100th test after bouncing back from an unfortunate loss against Los Pumas (Who gained vengeance after losing to us in Cordoba during the Rugby Championship opener) in Buenos Aires in the aftermath of 3 yellow cards dished out against the trio of All Blacks players for cynical play that ruined our hopes, before a record defeat at Wellington Stadium in Wellington in which the Springboks had a massive turnaround to sucessfully defend the Freedom Cup that eluded our chances of a win as well as bringing the Freedom Cup back home in NZ, then we beat the Wallabies twice, including in Auckland that we retained the Bledisloe (In which the Aussies were down but not out when they trailed at halftime by 3 points, then during the game that both sides traded penalty goals each, until former Crusader James O'Connor scored a crucial try that put themselves back in the contest, & then all of a sudden that AB's halfback Cam Roigard may have got the winning try to put Australia out of reach), then we defeated them again next time around at Perth Stadium in Perth (In one of Quinn Tupaea's best peformances of his lifetime, not just in recent memory, but especially his international rugby career when he crossed over for a double), then we couldn't stop the South Africans of winning the Rugby Championship again), as well as the Brisbane Broncos (Which features its star players such as Samoan Payne Haas (The one who has chosen to play for the Samoans due to him being of Samoan descent that inspired his mother singing the Samoan national anthem in the car), Aussie Reece Walsh (His mother is a Kiwi, but Walsh used to play for the Warriors in 2022 before moving to the Broncos where he has been there since 2023), Adam Reynolds, Ezra Mam, another Aussie of Gehamat Shibasaki, fellow Aussie Kotoni Staggs, Aussie Patrick Carrigan, another Samoan Deine Mariner, New Zealander Xavier Willison, Cook Islander Brendan Piakura, Tyson Smoothy, Cory Paix, Corey Jensen & others) winning the NRL Premiership for the first time since 2006 over the Melbourne Storm in the NRL Grand Final, then Canterbury winning their 15th NPC title yesterday (The Cantabrians are now 2 behind their rivals Auckland who are on 17) after 8 years since their last crown back in 2017 against their southern rivals Otago (Who are the Ranfurly Shield holders) one last time at the Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch before a new venue called One New Zealand Stadium opens that is due next year as the venue hosts the Super Round during next season's Super Rugby Pacific (The first match will be the Highlanders taking on the defending champions the Crusaders in Dunedin at Forsyth Barr Stadium), & Spanish race car driver Alex Palou becoming a 4 time IndyCar series champion when he clinched it in Portland following a favourable result (And when will the utter dominance of Palou will end? It'll be next season (For which will have both new tracks on the schedule next season such as Arlington in Texas (The new street track will bear similarities to the Miami Autodrome that hosts the Miami Grand Prix), & the other one over in Markham, Ontario, Canada replacing Exhibition Place since they're unavailable next year due to their duties of hosting next year's Football/Soccer men's World Cup games there), but there's no room for both Mexico City & Washington D.C. on the 2026 calendar although with WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will play host to the season ending event for the first time since 2023, taking over from Nashville Superspeedway (Due to host a IndyCar night race after the conclusion of next year's Football/Soccer men's World Cup final at New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey), but the season will open on the streets of Saint Petersburg AKA St Pete for the 5th straight year on the 1st of March 2026) that hosted the last 2 season ending races last year, & this year (The next IndyCar season will end on a road course compared to an oval track this year) that's for sure, but the last time Alex Palou failed to win the IndyCar title was in 2022 where Aussie Will Power (An Andretti Global bound driver as he replaces Formula 2 bound Colton Herta for next year, meanwhile Dane Christian Lundgaard is heading to Team Penske to join both Josef Newgarden (Who won the last race of the season at his home race in Nashville, Tennessee) & our own Kiwi Scott McLaughlin (Who will develop the new stand-alone, IndyCar video game being confirmed for release next year on consoles according to iRacing who have released the new NASCAR 25 game that came out late last month) next year) who became the champion for the 2nd time, his first since back in 2014 to add to his Indy 500 win also back in 2018).

And thirdly onto the gaming stuff such as the cops in Grand Theft Auto IV are amazing & weak due to the overweight police officers such as Joey & 1214 are in a likelihood of getting shot by Niko Bellic (Protagonist of the main GTA IV game), Johnny Klebitz (From one of the expansion packs of the Lost & Damned) or Luis Lopez (From the ultra successful expansion pack of the Ballad of Gay Tony) thinking that they're Paul Blart: Mall Cop & its movies, compared to Grand Theft Auto V in which police in that game are known for their aggression & being strong because of Franklin, Michael & Trevor are also in a likelihood of getting shot by the Los Santos Police Department officers also thinking that it's like Robocop & their films (And the gaming stuff that I missed over the last couple of months such as the new Spec III update for Gran Turismo 7 due to come out in December this year, as a celebration of reaching the 100 million sales milestone achievement for the series franchise that will include new gameplay features, as well as the 2 new real-world racing circuits such as Yas Marina Circuit (Home of the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix event since 2009) in Yas Island, UAE & Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Also home of the Canadian Grand Prix from 1978 until 1986, then 1988 until 2008, as well as 2010 to 2019, & since 2022 after not hosting it in both 2020 & 2021 due to the COVID pandemic that kept themselves out) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, & the 8 new cars will represent in the game such as the Ferrari 296 GT3 for which will give Franz Hermann vibes (In which the 4 time F1 world champion Max Verstappen kept his identity secret by driving a Ferrari 296 GT3 car around the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany without the crowds as they asked him for respect), as well as the fictional Formula GT car that resembles a 1994 driver's championship winning Benetton Formula One car (For that has now been named the F3500-B recently to join the likes of other real & fictional F1 cars such as the 1955 Mercedes, the 1965 Honda, the 1988 McLaren, as well as the fictional mid 80's turbocharged Formula One car known as the Gran Turismo F1500T-A based on the 1985 Lotus that appeared on Gran Turismo 6 via the Ayrton Senna update, & also the fictional early 90's F1 car called the F3500-A powered by a normally aspirated V12 engine (For that has been part of the golden era from 1989 until 1995) for that is my favourite car in the game based on the championship winning 1992 Williams with the front fascia except the side nose design resembling a title winning 1991 McLaren) but also with the front fascia resembling a 1991 Tyrrell (But I don't know whether they'll be powered by either a 3 & a half litre V8 or V10 engine, but it has been confirmed that it is V8 powered), & the fan fave Renault Espace F1 for which is a van powered by also a 3 & a half litre V10 Formula One engine that only one had to be made when they famously made an appearance on the 2nd Gran Turismo game that came out between 1999-2000, compared to that there was a story about the Rugby League 26 video game (Which came out in July this year) being a clanger due to it's glitches & bugs that affected the gameplay overall, compared to Gran Turismo 7 that was released in 2022 for which was a banger due to its interesting car & track selection as well as the gameplay that was outstanding as well as being the best sim racing game in existance because it is super accessible, & revolves around creating a good user experience, & the GTA IV game that also came out way back in 2008 being an absolute banger as well as a masterpiece due to that compelling story mode being simply the best despite its dark overtone & it was immersive, & the characters including the protagonist of Niko Bellic were simply extraordinary along with the gameplay, especially both the shooting (Call of Duty inspired) & driving (Inspired by the Hollywood high speed car chase movies such as Gone in 60 Seconds as well as the Fast & the Furious, & 2 Fast 2 Furious movies) department for which really was top notch.

And finally that in the music department that I love the 5 main bands as my faves such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Linkin Park (In which they have a female vocalist of Emily Armstrong (The one who took the late Chester Bennington's place as the lead singer when he took his own life back in July 2017 on his late friend Chris Cornell's birthday) since last year as part of the women in rock that I love such as Alanis Morissette for which I'm hooked now along with Avril Lavigne, Evanescence, the aforementioned Linkin Park & the all girl group from Mexico of The Warning, but I like both No Doubt & Garbage as well), Nickelback (My fave rock band from the Great White North hands down despite being the most hostile in the world), & U2 (Also my favourite rock band all the way from the Emerald Isle, & the only recognized Irish rock band following the demise of the Cranberries back in 2018 after the female lead singer of the late Dolores O'Riordan who took her own life for that was heartbreaking in tragic circumstances) due to the albums that I've got in my bedroom & listening to those main bands that I enjoy on my fave radio station of the whole wide world of Brian FM.

So that is my 631st blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 55th of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. And I have not mentioned the famous people who passed away since I deleted all of my blog versions so here it is like the list who are gone recently this year:

Shane Christie (God bless him, god bless the Tasman Mako)

1985 - 2025

Robert Redford (A famous American Hollywood star loved by many generations, including his role in the Brad Pitt movie that came out way back in 2001, Spy Game)

1936 - 2025

Giorgio Armani (An iconic Italian fashion design merchant)

1934 - 2025

Terence Stamp (A British TV & film star who always plays villains, like Eliot Carver from the James Bond 007 movie Tomorrow Never Dies which was released way, way back in 1997)

1938 - 2025

Diane Keaton (Who I have not mentioned her passing)

1946 - 2025

Michelle Trachtenberg (Who I have not mentioned her sudden passing)

1985 - 2025

'Big' George Foreman (Who I have not mentioned his passing)

1949 - 2025

Diogo Jota (Who I have not mentioned his tragic passing)

1996 - 2025

& Tomonobu Itagaki (A Japanese video game designer who was the pioneering mind of creating both the iconic Ninja Gaiden & Dead or Alive series)

1967 - 2025

House of Gold/The Contract/Trees: My 54th blog of the year 2025

Well, what's up guys, & welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that there is a war going on between Thailand & Cambodia as clashes broke out at the border which was the most violent escalation in over 10 years, in an escalation of this year's Thailand-Cambodia border invasion for which dates back more than 100 years to disagreements over colonial-era maps with 34 casualties being reported while 168,000 have been fled from that conflict as MFAT tells Kiwis that they must avoid popular holiday spots as the conflict erupts compared to both that terrible invasion that has been going since 2022, & the Gaza war between Israel & the Iran backed Hamas that could end in a decade (And now that the casualty rate has skyrocketed to 60,000, holy hell! As many people, especially displaced Palestinians in Gaza are starving because of a lack of food & are about to die in an instant (And I have watched both CNN & Aljazeera lately as of today on the 29th of July in order to keep up with the news, but there is still a clampdown on Aljazeera providing coverage to the Gaza war in both Israel & the Israeli occupied West Bank according to the Israeli government as I heard from the Aljazeera news anchor that I saw (Just like 30 of the 50 US states have prohibited antisemitism, in wake of & regarding to the Gaza invasion, but there is no place for antisemitic, as well as especially verbal, racial, homophobic & Islamophobic abuse/hate in their society or their community there in the United States, & around the world (Including both Canada & Germany), & I mean, I'm being a bit disgruntled & outraged myself about both situations that they're currently having such as the one in Gaza, & that dreadful invasion which has been going since 2022, not only that I'm just an anti-war activist like Carole always does (Mainly because of being her of Middle Eastern descent), & forever will be), & then, they used to have both conflicts that had been around such as India & Pakistan, & also then Israel & Iran in which the invasion lasted about 12 days, but there has been an update as there has been a ceasefire between the 2 countries which had been set up by the United States that has been resolved that had been meaning that brief war had come to a halt.

And secondly that there was a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Russia (The largest since 2011 & the largest in the country since 1952 when the country was known as the Soviet Union at the time) for which had been a monster as there had been 125 aftershocks with tsunami activity warnings as well as strong & unusual currents are expected in the Pacific Coast such as Japan, United States & New Zealand for which will last until 12pm on the 31st of July according to the Civil Defence emergency services (I hope Kathryn's fine because she is still living in Northland at the moment alongside her current partner Ken, & the dogs of Daisy & Huia's old dog Piko).

And thirdly onto the gaming stuff as many people are getting fed up about the bugs & glitches caused in the Rugby League 26 video game, especially Big Ant Studios due to not attracting great talent outside of their main base in Melbourne, & that they thought that they're going to switch developers to EA Sports to develop the Rugby League video game series, but no that they had to stick to Big Ant Studios due to the estimated cost of developing a sports game which is worth 50 to 60 million dollars, even if EA Sports develops them (And the head of the NRL Peter V'landys even tested a game with his son, but they've had had some problems thinking that it's a complete mess, because it is an unfinished game at the moment (But you know, I uh, oh god, I hope they get sued...Because it is such a ripoff, it's a shameless ripoff, that's terrible. But most people rather play Rugby League Live 4, going through the gameplay you know. Oh shameless! Maybe that's a slap on the wrist for that), & also the NRLW star of Millie Elliott who lashed out at Big Ant Studios (So too is fellow NRLW star Kennedy Cherrington) about their likeness of her character saying that both weren't available for the scanning sessions made by the game developer as many were complaining from users over its quality & accuracy (And the highest rated player in the Rugby League 26 game would have to be Penrith's Nathan Cleary (AKA the Antoine Dupont (Rugby), Rohit Sharma (Cricket), Virat Kohli (Cricket), KL Rahul (Cricket), Kylian Mbappe (Football/soccer) & Max Verstappen (Motor racing) of league as well as Aussie rugby league's equivalent of Will Skelton (Rugby), Steve Smith (Cricket), Mathew Ryan (Football/soccer) & Oscar Piastri (Motor racing), & also they're had been outrage towards it, especially the NRL fanatics as the NRL had left a laughing stock according to the game that had released in July this year like all NRL aficionados expected from the code's highly anticipated gaming release, as they had struck with major concerns from both players & gamers on all sides amid gargantuan backlash, thinking that the game is incomplete as the player's union were able to step in to address the current state & situation about it, therefore sparking widespread disappointment that they should not have released a computer game like that, & do something like delay the release date.

And finally the latest in the Rugby Championship such as normal service has resumed for the world champions South Africa, therefore gaining vengeance as they completed a redemption story against Australia there in Cape Town as they brought back their famed nuke squad that must've been effective of taking the victory in the test, but what went wrong for the AB's to suffer a test defeat like that against Argentina (Who would gone on to secure their first home win against New Zealand (Who had our hooker Codie Taylor celebrating his ton of test matches a decade on after making his debut against the Argie Bargies at his hometown in Christchurch, but it was not to be) on Argentinian soil (First they did it against the British & Irish Lions in Dublin, & now NZ at Estadio Jose Amalfitani in another historic boil over where Argentina have now beaten every tier 1 rugby playing nation on home soil) for which the test was blighted by our 3 players sent to the sin bin, resulting in poor discipline by the All Blacks, therefore going into the Eden Park test, in part one of the greatest rivalry in international rugby against the Springboks (Who'll seeking to become the first side since France to defeat the All Blacks at Eden Park as well as the city of Auckland way, way back in 1994) in Buenos Aires? Is that the yellow cards that have dished out against 3 All Black players for cynical acts that ruined us dearly of winning that test (Even though the high ball stuff was wayward as well as our offense had been clunky at all times, but the number 1 issue would have to be the discipline that cost us, especially 3 All Black players had to be sent to the bin meaning that we were robbed of a strong result on that occasion due to indiscipline for which I am totally gutted & bewildered about the result) with Los Pumas were able to make history, for the 4th time (And trust me, they're like the new Ireland since the Argentinians now gotten competitive, compared to the Boks who have always been ultra competitive since they claimed back to back men's Rugby World Cups in both 2019 & 2023, for which the AB's will have a tougher assignment in our next test billed as the test match of the year) even though with this year's Rugby Championship being wide open after all 4 teams ended up with one win & one loss.

So that is my 630th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 54th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Nobody Takes Me Seriously/Fiji Baby: My 53rd blog of the year 2025 (AKA in memory of 'The Immortal', Hulk Hogan)

Well, hey, & welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that it is within deep sadness as American wrestling legend Hulk Hogan (The man who dominated the golden era of pro wrestling during the 80's heyday halcyon period) better known as 'The Immortal' & 'The Hulkster' who has recently passed away aged 71 (First it was rock & metal legend of 'The Prince of Darkness' of Ozzy Osbourne, & now, Hulk Hogan as they mourn the loss of both legendary figures in the industry, especially Hulk's beloved fans known as Hulkamaniacs, as well as being both of them who used to be reality TV stars) so all thoughts, prayers & condolences go to the family & his loved ones in this sad, but tough time, rest in paradise (RIP), but the first WWE pay per view that I heard was Summerslam where the man known as 'The Immortal' beat 'HBK' Shawn Michaels in the main event of the match way back 20 years ago in 2005, so what you gonna do, what you gonna do, when Hulkamania, runs wild on you!

Terry Gene 'Hulk Hogan' Bollea

1953 - 2025

And secondly on to the gaming stuff that I managed to buy & pre-order Project Motor Racing on the PS5 (And also I have bought & pre-ordered both Virtua Fighter 5: REVO PS5 version as well as Battlefield 6 (The reason why I wanted to get that game (Along with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 that I've got already) is that I'm experiencing both that dreadful invasion that has been going since 2022, & the Gaza war by watching it on CNN (The one news outlet that Aunty Tan watches) & Aljazeera (And the other one news outlet that Carole mainly watches), & wish listed the upcoming 007 game of First Light which is due for release next year) because the reason why I'm getting that game was because of both the Japanese GT500 pack included along with the V8 Power Pack which is possibly going to feature Australian Supercars Championship Series racing vehicles even though with the Forza Motorsport series likely to come to an end due to 50% of their staff at Turn 10 Studios have been given a lay off along with potentially the Need For Speed franchise (And I've got both Need For Speed: Rivals & Need For Speed: Payback, but I have not played them yet) which is about to finish along with Forza Motorsport (Series), but I have revealed a story that I started learning to become a gamer by first learning how to play computer games at a young age then console during my later years, so that's why however did end up becoming a gamer that's for sure (And I did not know that a new study shows that professional sports people like one of the NBA basketballers tend to take naps such as sleeping by enhancing their performance according to the ESPN programme that I saw recently which was SportsCenter Australia).

And thirdly that the Foo Fighters have recently released their new song as a single called 'Today's Song', their first since 2023 to mark 30 years since their debut studio album came out in 1995, & also in the midst of the infidelity scandal that rocked the band's lead singer Dave Grohl (Who was once a Nirvana drummer, until he left in 1994 due to his good friend & bandmate Kurt Cobain's tragic passing so he formed the Foo Fighters instead, & they aren't as successful as Nirvana did according to the Dave Grohl: The Storyteller book that I've got along with Andy Webb), & Josh Freese being sacked from the band, much to the dismay of Grohl even though with the band expected to return to live music when they perform in October at the Singapore Grand Prix this year, & also the search for the new Foo Fighters drummer is on to replace the recently fired Freese, while the new heartfelt track is about the legacy & formation of the band itself as they finally thank Josh Freese (Who came in to replace the late Taylor Hawkins) & honour Hawkins for which the band had started out as a side-project of Nirvana, but they have selected Ilan Rubin (Of Nine Inch Nails fame) to replace Freese as the new drummer of the Foo Fighters recently, beating the likes of both Matt Cameron & Rufus Taylor who miss out once more to take over from him.

And finally the All Blacks (Who'll have Codie Taylor play his 100th test (10 years after his debut back in 2015 against Los Pumas in Christchurch as well as the 14th to do so while Richie McCaw was the first back in 2011 during the men's Rugby World Cup pool match against France, & just the 2nd New Zealand hooker after Keven Mealamu) as well as Simon Parker making his test debut, but New Zealand haven't lost a test match since against France in November last year in Paris) have named their team to play against Argentina (Who are still seeking their elusive first win against NZ on home soil) again for the 2nd round of the Rugby Championship at Estadio Jose Amalfitani in Buenos Aires (Our last meeting between the 2 sides was this year at Estadio Alberto Mario Kempes in Cordoba in which we defeated them after Sevu Reece & Samisoni Taukei'aho who came off from the pine respectively to score 2 tries in that game despite a yellow card from AB's centre Anton Lienert-Brown who was concussed as he left the field with a head knock, therefore ruling him out for the next test in Buenos Aires), so here is the team naming in its entirety:

STARTING XV (RUN ON)

FORWARD PACK

FRONT ROW

1 (Loose head prop): Ethan de Groot (Highlanders/Southland)

2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury)

3 (Tight head prop): Fletcher Newell (Crusaders/Canterbury)

SECOND ROW

4 (No.4 lock): Scott Barrett (Captain, Crusaders/Taranaki)

5 (No.5 lock): Fabian Holland (Highlanders/Otago)

LOOSE FORWARDS

6 (Blind side flanker): Tupou Vaa'i (Chiefs/Taranaki)

7 (Open side flanker): Ardie Savea (Moana Pasifika/Wellington)

8 (Number 8): Simon Parker (Chiefs/Northland)

BACK LINE

HALVES

9 (Half-back): Cortez Ratima (Chiefs/Waikato)

10 (First five-eighth): Beauden Barrett (Blues/Taranaki)

MIDFIELD

12 (Second five-eighth): Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)

13 (Centre): Billy Proctor (Hurricanes/Wellington)

OUTSIDE BACKS

11 (Left wing): Rieko Ioane (Blues/Auckland)

14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Southland)

& 15 (Fullback): Will Jordan (Crusaders/Tasman)

& REPLACEMENT PLAYERS (IMPACT)

16 (Reserve hooker): Samisoni Taukei'aho

17 (Reserve loose head prop): Tamaiti Williams (Who'll return to the fold as he comes into the side to replace Fletcher Newell who is elevated to the starting lineup)

18 (Reserve tight head prop): Pasilio Tosi

19 (Reserve lock): Josh Lord (Who replaces the injured Patrick Tuipulotu to be on the reserve lock position)

20 (Reserve loose forward): Wallace Sititi (Who returns from injury as he takes Samipeni Finau's place at the reserve loose forward position)

21 (Reserve half-back): Finlay Christie

22 (Reserve midfielder): Quinn Tupaea (Who comes into the team as he takes the concussed Anton Lienert-Brown's place at the reserve midfielder position)

& 23 (Reserve back): Damian McKenzie.

So that is my 629th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 53rd of this year, viva Ukraine.

All I Wanna Do/Every Day Is a Winding Road/My Favourite Mistake: My 52nd blog of the year 2025 (AKA in memory of 'The Prince of Darkness', Ozzy Osbourne)

Well, hi everybody, & welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that the rock & metal fraternity is in mourning as rock legend & lead singer of the famous UK rock band of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne has passed away recently mainly due to health issues caused by drugs & alcohol before, during & later on in his career so all thoughts, prayers & condolences go to the family & his loved ones, including his wife Sharon, his son Jack & his daughter Kelly of the great humble man who is known as 'The Prince of Darkness' (And privacy has been requested in which they're asking for respect towards the Osbourne family in this emotional, but hard time as I heard on Brian FM on the morning of July 23rd this year, but I did not know the news about Ozzy passing away until that morning), but my fave memories of him was watching on TV performing live with his band at the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham (His & the band Black Sabbath's hometown), & his cameo appearance in the Austin Powers in Goldmember movie (For who I've seen the film (I've last seen it in January last year, but I'll be watching it in December this year when both Aunty Tan & Rejean are here) for which was the number 1 movie here in New Zealand way back in 2002 (Same year that the Canadian rock band of Nickelback reached the top of the New Zealand charts with that infamous single 'How You Remind Me', then the New Zealand Warriors first made it into the NRL grand final in which we fell short on that occasion against the Sydney Roosters led by it's rugby league legend of Brad 'Freddy' Fittler, as well as Nathan Astle hitting a double ton for which was the quickest against England in Christchurch in a cricket test that resulted in a losing effort, & last but not least, the Wallabies had last won the Bledisloe against the All Blacks in Sydney) along with Sharon, Jack & Kelly, rest in power (RIP).

John Michael 'Ozzy' Osbourne

1948 - 2025

And secondly that I have created both skaters on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 game that I got already (And I have got every skater video as of the 23rd of July because today was both Andy Anderson (A Canadian skateboarder who is an helmet safety advocate & a modern day iteration of Mike 'Mike V' Vallely just like Michelangelo (AKA Mikey) from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles who takes Wolverine's place as well as the Doom Slayer (Formerly Doom Guy) & Revenant both making an appearance as they take over both Star Wars characters such as Darth Maul (Who appears on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3) & Jango Fett (Who appeared on THPS 4) & Brandon Cole 'Bam' Margera (Who is recently retired as of today, then he wasn't slated to originally appear in the remake, but he managed to when the skateboarding legend himself of Tony Hawk who intervened by asking Bam (Whose brother Jesse who is better known as Jess is a band member of the stoner rock band CKY as the drummer known for their song '96 Quite Bitter Beings' that appeared on both the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 & the remake that came out recently which is THPS 3 + 4) to make an appearance) such as the 2 fictional female real life social media personalities of both Danielle Johnson (Who I named her after NZ actress Danielle Cormack while the surname is inspired by pro wrestler slash movie star Dwayne Johnson as she's based off Devon Jenelle as she is originally from Austin, Texas, but she is currently based in Washington, D.C., & has a pet dog named Madeleine who is effectually known as Maddie, & she used to be a soccer player during her youth & high school level (While her favourite sports are both basketball & tennis) & Katrina Smith (Who I also named after the actress who appeared on Shorty Street Katrina Devine while her surname is also inspired by Agent Smith from the Matrix as she is based off Kira Shannon as her hometown is Boston, Massachusetts, because she is now residing in Miami, Florida to further enhance & extend her social media career, & if she remained or I should say stayed in Boston that her job or work opportunities would be further limited) as replacements for Private Carrera (Who appeared on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3) & Daisy (Who only appeared on THPS 4) respectively since both original characters can't appear on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 remake, but I've created the remaining 2 skaters such as Christian Cooper (Who I've named that fictional skater after the British film star of Christian Bale (American Psycho, Reign of Fire, Equilibrium, the Dark Knight trilogy & Terminator: Salvation), while the surname is inspired by the American movie star of Bradley Cooper (He appeared in the Hangover trilogy, American Hustle (Whom he appeared alongside Bale), the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, American Sniper & A Star Is Born) & Connor Brady (Who I also named another male skateboarder after Canadian ice hockey player Connor McDavid who currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL, while the surname is also inspired after American gridiron legend who once played in the NFL of Tom Brady (New England Patriots & Tampa Bay Buccaneers) who are fictional males which drew inspiration by real life rockstars such as the late Chris Cornell from both bands of Soundgarden & Audioslave who was from Seattle, Washington, & the late Chester Bennington from Linkin Park whose hometown is Phoenix, Arizona respectively to add to both fictional female American skateboarders based off female social media influencers such as Devon Jenelle & Kira Shannon that I've made already.

And thirdly that it's been 2 years since the end of the COVID pandemic in 2023 during the month of May which began in March 2020 (4 months after the very first case of COVID was discovered at a laboratory in Wuhan, China for which was the epicenter for it, but we managed to survive the brunt force of it, especially me & Pops), 5 months before the Gaza war began on October 7th when Israel began to invade Hamas, & 15 months after that dreadful invasion began since 2022 on February 24th for which I wanted it to be as a sustainable peace settlement to avoid being offended by the country who started it by still keeping it clean because it is sensitive & objectionable due to backlash about it from Pops himself.

And finally that the All Blacks open their account in the Rugby Championship with a win against Los Pumas at Estadio Alberto Mario Kempes in Cordoba (With both Sevu Reece & Samisoni Taukei'aho getting doubles each while the most standout player of the game would have to be Ardie Savea of course, showcasing why he is our main talisman in the team, but they have lost one of the All Black locks of Patrick Tuipulotu due to a minor facial fracture that could be all but ruled out of the next test in Buenos Aires along with Anton Lienert-Brown who had to be yellow carded for a head on head collision then subbed off due to what appears to be a head knock that ended his test as he's going through the head injury protocols), but the biggest headlines would have to be the Wallabies (Who had their captain Harry Wilson providing a double before leaving the field with an injury, but the Lions series must've helped Australia (Even though their coach Joe Schmidt must've being pleased by most Aussie rugby critics nonetheless (While one Wallaby player that he is the new Sonny Bill Williams is Joseph Sua'ali'i who was a former league player for the Sydney Roosters & a Toa Samoa rep in 2022 during the delayed 2021 Rugby League World Cup where Samoa reached the final (As they became the first Pacific Island nation to do so) following a Stephen Crichton (The former Penrith Panthers player now playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL) field goal knocked England (Who were gutted when their chances of advancing through to another final slipped away as they were attempting to get out of their own halfway line until one of the players passed it forward, therefore handing possession to Toa Samoa who were in a good position to slot the drop kick) out of the semi final as the Samoans made rugby league history of at last, in one of international rugby league's greatest ever matches of all time, as well as the biggest upsets in a game of league internationally, 2 years before making the decision to switch to rugby where he made his Wallabies debut against England with a win last year, even before he played Super Rugby Pacific where he played for the NSW Waratahs this year) toughen themselves up according to the comment that I remember from Dad telling Pops about it, even though they lost the series against the British & Irish Lions (Who won 2 - 1) despite winning the 3rd & final test in Sydney at least) beating the world champions Springboks after being 22 - 0 down as they scored 38 unanswered points in a historic win for the ages for which is the best rugby game I have ever seen not involving New Zealand in 2 years (Since 2023 where Fiji had a historic boil over against England in a pre-men's Rugby World Cup test), & is the Wallabies first win on South African soil since 2011 (For which was 14 years ago), & their first in the city of Joburg in 62 years (That was in way, way long ago, in 1963), so let's relive the last 40 minutes of the test:

Second Half Begins - 40'

South Africa 22, Australia 5

We have 40 minutes to go at Ellis Park Stadium

Harry Wilson Scores! Wallabies Clawing Back - 42' (2 MINUTES LATER)

South Africa 22, Australia 12

Harry Wilson breaks through a stunned Springboks line and scores within a few minutes of the start of the second half.

James O'Connor puts away the conversion and the Wallabies are back in this game.

Wallabies Holding Firm - 53' (11 MINUTES LATER)

South Africa 22, Australia 12

Both teams are getting warned in the scrum, so yellow cards could start flying soon.

Meanwhile, the Wallabies are holding on and are within striking distance with plenty of time to go.

Much of the Boks' starting lineup has been taken off, including Siya Kolisi, but of course they are one of the deepest international teams in the world.

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii Intercepts, Scores! - 58' (5 MINUTES LATER)

South Africa 22, Australia 19

What a moment, as the young Wallabies star Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii scores after he intercepts a pass between the Boks.

Australia is within one score of taking a lead in this game, the opening Rugby Championship match.

James O'Connor, after a cold start, makes the conversion.

Harrowing for the Springboks fans.

Wallabies Scores Again! Pull Ahead! - 63' (5 MINUTES LATER)

Australia 26, South Africa 22

Ellis Park Stadium has gone silent as the Wallabies pull ahead of the heavily favored Springboks.

Harry Wilson scores his second try of the game, as the Boks defense has crumbled in the last three Aussie tries.

James O'Connor makes the conversion.

Max Jorgensen Scores! Wallabies Surging! - 67' (4 MINUTES LATER)

Australia 33, South Africa 22

What an absolute second-half thrashing from the Wallabies, as the Springboks have yet to score after the break.

The boo-birds are out in Ellis Park as Max Jorgensen takes it across the line.

The game well in hand for Australia at the moment.

Massive Aussie Win Possible - 72' (5 MINUTES LATER)

Australia 33, South Africa 22

This would be one of the biggest Wallabies wins in some time, and they have about eight minutes to hold on.

The Ellis Park crowd, and even the South Africa announcers, seem absolutely stunned.

Wallabies Score AGAIN! - 75' (3 MINUTES LATER)

Australia 38, South Africa 22

The Wallabies are going to win this game. What an incredible upset ahead.

Tom Wright scores this time.

Wallabies Notch Massive Result vs. Springboks

Final: Australia 38, South Africa 22

The Wallabies have done it!

The Aussies upset the Springboks, keeping them from scoring in the second half as they clawed back try after try.

Australia wins at Ellis Park for the first time since 1963.

So that is my 628th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 52nd of this year, viva Ukraine.

Iris/Slide/Name: My 51st blog of the year 2025

Well, hi everyone, & welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that I was rewatching the test match from 2013 between the AB's & France at Eden Park in Auckland on the 17th of July also in anticipation of the 3rd & final test taking place in Hamilton (And I didn't rewatch the 1999 men's Rugby World Cup semi between the 2 sides because France won of course, despite the late Jonah Lomu (One of by far, the sport's all-time greats) able to put that show on display as he scored both tries in that game), but I only watched the first half of the game when New Zealand were leading at halftime 17 points to 10 (And when the AB's were super good back then while they weren't so competitive for the French).

And secondly that it was on the 18th of July that I went to the Remington Bar at Barracks with Pops (And I have been at least keeping an eye on him recently, ever since he always took his memory pills now) to have a feed such as a beef & bacon burger for dinner with Heineken Zero beer to drink (And I still have not got a drinking problem, & it's Dry July now I guess so I have decided to join the moderation movement that month (And there is one in the Northern Hemisphere called Dry January) while I had a cheesecake for dessert & the reason why? That Pops was able to indeed catch up with his cousin Keenan Ngapo who performed along with the 14 to 15 year old local female country musician Sophie Toyne, until he left to go watch a rugby game between Manu Samoa & Scotland at Eden Park in Auckland on TV.

And thirdly that the shooting system on the Grand Theft Auto IV & V games, reminds me of both the Call of Duty series (I have not played it for my entire life) & early Star Wars Battlefront games (Except the Jedi combat), while the driving side of it reminds me of a Hollywood car chase inspired by both Gone in 60 Seconds, & the Fast & the Furious series movies, & I haven't played GTA V lately since April this year because of Grand Theft Auto IV has always been my preference, & forever will be because I'm waiting for a PS5 port of the GTA IV game which comes out late this year, even though with the release date of the Grand Theft Auto VI game, is not due for release until May 26th next year.

And finally the AB's have named their team to play against Argentina (Who'll have the services of Kendrick 'Kenny' Lynn as the assistant coach who plotted our downfall at Sky Stadium in Wellington last year) for the opening Rugby Championship test at Estadio Alberto Mario Kempes in Cordoba (Our last meeting between the 2 sides was last year at Eden Park in Auckland in which we gained vengeance towards the Argie Bargies because they beat us in Welly with a comprehensive score line, just before we embarked on an unsuccessful our of South Africa against the world champion Springboks outfit (Who'll play the Wallabies at Ellis Park on the same day as the Los Pumas - All Blacks test) in both Johannesburg & Cape Town), so here is the team naming in its entirety:

STARTING XV (RUN ON)

FORWARD PACK

FRONT ROW

1 (Loose head prop): Ethan de Groot (Highlanders/Southland)

2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury)

3 (Tight head prop): Fletcher Newell (Crusaders/Canterbury)

SECOND ROW

4 (No.4 lock): Scott Barrett (Captain, Crusaders/Taranaki)

5 (No.5 lock): Fabian Holland (Highlanders/Otago)

LOOSE FORWARDS

6 (Blind side flanker): Tupou Vaa'i (Chiefs/Taranaki)

7 (Open side flanker): Du'Plessis Kirifi (Hurricanes/Wellington)

8 (Number 8): Ardie Savea (Moana Pasifika/Wellington)

BACK LINE

HALVES

9 (Half-back): Cortez Ratima (Chiefs/Waikato)

10 (First five-eighth): Beauden Barrett (Blues/Taranaki)

MIDFIELD

12 (Second five-eighth): Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)

13 (Centre): Billy Proctor (Hurricanes/Wellington)

OUTSIDE BACKS

11 (Left wing): Rieko Ioane (Blues/Auckland)

14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Southland)

& 15 (Fullback): Will Jordan (Crusaders/Tasman)

& REPLACEMENT PLAYERS (IMPACT)

16 (Reserve hooker): Samisoni Taukei'aho (Who is dropped to the pine replacing one test All Black Brodie McAlister)

17 (Reserve loose head prop): Ollie Norris (Who'll return to the fold as he comes into the side to replace Gorge Bower)

18 (Reserve tight head prop): Pasilio Tosi (Who returns as the reserve tight head prop with Fletcher Newell elevated to the starting lineup as the starting tight head prop)

19 (Reserve loose forward): Patrick Tuipulotu (Who replaces Dalton Papali'i to be on the reserve lock position)

20 (Reserve loose forward): Samipeni Finau (Who is unceremoniously dropped to the bench as he replaces Christian Lio-Willie)

21 (Reserve half-back): Finlay Christie (Who comes back for his first All Black game since last year against England at Eden Park in Auckland during the 2nd test as he comes off the bench to replace the injured Noah Hotham)

22 (Reserve midfielder): Anton Lienert-Brown (Who comes into the side as he takes Timoci Tavatavanawai's place at the reserve midfielder position)

& 23 (Reserve back): Damian McKenzie (Who is dropped to the bench at the reserve back position as he replaces Jordie Barrett who earns his promotion to the starting lineup at the starting second five-eighth position).

So that is my 627th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 51st of this year, viva Ukraine.

Digging In/Ooh Yea/Nothing Makes Sense: My 50th blog of the year 2025

Well, hey everybody, & welcome back to another blog, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (And this is a double post, remember! A double post. Please acknowledge), but first that I'm revealing the story about that there was once a fatal crash involving Her late Royal Highness of Princess Diana, her partner Dodi Fayed & the driver Henri Paul in the early hours of August 31st, 1997, while being pursued by the paps when the car had collided by another vehicle as they crashed at high speed in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France, although the security manager of the Princess of Wales of Trevor Rees-Jones managed to survive the brunt force trauma of it that he does not remember his head struck the dashboard of the Mercedes-Benz carrying HRH Princess Diana (Who tragically passed away of extensive injuries) & Dodi Fayed during that tragic 1997 accident that was to blame.

And secondly the new Rugby League 26 game came out on the 17th of July, 6 days after THPS 3 + 4 had been released (Or more like 9 days since the Collector's edition of that game also came out), in which the new rugby league game has had shambles just like Rugby 25 due to glitches being all over the place such as someone can't log in on Xbox so they fixed that patch & the gameplay remains similar to the previous rugby league game which was Rugby League Live 4 game that came out 8 years ago, back in 2017 (And Big Ant Studios is such a laughing stock since Nacon acquired them in 2021), & I saw Dad playing the new game when he played the PS5 version (And I mainly play the PS4 version of the game, but now I'm into the PS5 version recently) in a match between his favourite team he supports, the New Zealand Warriors, against the defending NRL premiers the Penrith Panthers at Go Media Stadium in Auckland (And I did the same too today, but I'll be playing a match between the Warriors & the Dolphins on the 20th of July, & I did earlier on the 19th), just before Pops told Dad about the situation that the fast forward button on the Sky TV remote is missing, until I found out when we got back home from the market (And I saw those Palestinian flags used by protesters on the street nearby the market in solidarity for the people of Palestine as they unite against Israel for murdering innocent Palestinian people in Gaza in that damn genocide like that, especially women & children whose innocent lives had been taken away) that I found the bit that has lost because it was underneath the couch, & the rest was history.

And thirdly that I would love to go back to Northland (For which is too far away from here) next year to see Kathryn in person one last time before she is waiting to pass away after both her family & friends who have moved on because I loved it previously in late 2023 when I was with both Pops & Carole (Who are both going to Rarotonga in the Cooks in October (And they're going to miss Viv Christie's mum of Donna Ward's 100th birthday celebrations there because she is on 99 at the moment), but my fave part of the trip would have to be the food of course), but I'll do it next time when I'm with Pops, Aunty Tan & Rejean since I've made my decision to shelve the proposed Wellington holiday in the future, in light of Paige Ahearn's refusal to accept my friend request on Facebook for which I'm totally gutted (And I have sent Dad an email about it, but he didn't reply to that).

And finally, news just in, especially in the rugby department such as the Wallabies (Who haven't won since against Fiji in Newcastle with captain Harry Wilson dotting it down for the match winning try) were able to complete a big turnaround, just like Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner did when he triumphed at Wimbledon against the man he lost to at Roland Garros of Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, as they go into the Rugby Championship with a win against the British & Irish Lions in the 3rd test in Sydney after losing twice in a row with the series gone now (And Australia must've had their ploy worked with Nic White (Who had his last game of professional rugby before retiring) able to come in as the starting halfback (While Tate McDermott who scored a try during the test remained as the reserve halfback, although the Wallabies are sticking to Jake Gordon (Who didn't play in the 3rd & final test for which had a lightning delay when the Wallabies led 8 - 0 as the referee was forced players who had to retreat from the field to the dressing rooms that lasted over half an hour like 38 minutes which caused a bit of disruption to both sides realizing when the test match was paused due to lightning strikes in the area as it resumed following a weather delay (And I have not seen anything like this in modern day test rugby, unlike the AB's-Scotland test from the 70's in which the pitch was waterlogged as we managed to negotiate the wet weather conditions like that in a match played in a downpour on a saturated pitch had turned into water polo as monsoon-like conditions hit Eden Park in 1975 for which the weather was horrendous) for which Australia just took advantage of it) for the opening Rugby Championship test against the world champions South Africa) which made the difference of winning that test for it was indeed the right call as they had to deny the B&I Lions (Who had their first defeat since against Los Pumas of Argentina in Dublin, Ireland, just before the entire squad & their management team hopped on the plane down under to Australia for the tour) chances of a stunning clean sweep. It just had to be), but the latest in the men's Rugby World Cup qualifying such as Hong Kong, China will go to Australia as they secured qualification to rugby's global showpiece event due in 2027, so too is Spain who will make their 2nd appearance at the World Cup, their first since 1999 (In which they had all 3 defeats during the tournament such as Scotland, South Africa, & Uruguay, & they thought they're going to make it in 2023, but Romania took Spain's place due to points being docked for fielding an ineligible player with a forged passport (And all 10 rugby playing nations that have appeared in every men's RWC such as Argentina, Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland & Wales), but all good things must come to an end even with the next British & Irish Lions rugby tour is expected to be in New Zealand in 2029.

So that is my 626th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 50th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.

One Week/Poor Boy: My 49th blog of the year 2025

Well, hello lovelies, & welcome back to another blog, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that I have been outspoken about Israel's invasion of Hamas in Gaza on my blogs since it started on October 7th, 2023 (For which many people don't like it or especially hate it the way I post it regardless to the views being seen to show anger, corruption & chaos towards them for which the Gaza war had 67,000 people had been caught in crossfire from that fatal gun attack recently (And Hamas said that they'll begin to murder hostages if Israeli troops blows up a building belonging to a Palestinian, but Aljazeera had endlessly being shown breaking news reports 17 times according to the comment from Carole (Who announced that she's moving back to the North Shore next year to be close with both Andy & Kelsey who both live there if she's willing to sell her 'Tikitere' place), but I have avoided mentioning that shocking invasion that has been going since February 24th, 2022 (I thought that I originally going to include it in my blogs, but Pops told me that he thinks that it's sensitive & objectionable to the country who started it in order to avoid being offended & keeping it clean which is sorta like being aware when crossing on the road as well as drinking beer at untested places) meaning that they wanted as a sustainable peace settlement, unlike according to the comment from Indy 500 pole sitter from this year of Israeli IndyCar racer, Robert Schwartzman regarding to that dreadful, disgraceful invasion in Gaza between Israel & Hamas that he "Wanted peace by seeking a decent, calm world") just like Carole for which she is an anti-war type of person just like me (And believe me that Israel, as well as the country who started that dreadful invasion since 2022, is the new Germany according to me asking Carole a question thinking that the Israelis who are in fact bullies because we were once enemies against the Germans (The country that the late Ronald Christie (Also the late Nan's Dad) bears strong hatred towards them, even because he served time in a concentration camp where he was once captured by Germany during World War II) along with Italy & Japan (Allies with the Germans during WWII which ended 80 years ago for that they have not had a world war since), especially during the first & second world wars that they once had (And the allies of our country of New Zealand were Australia, UK, France & the US who were late starters in both World War I & II (Which started following the end of the Great Depression which was cured in 1939 where most unemployed people did end up however on the frontline of the armed forces), meanwhile that the new Superman movie (For which the movie is about the Man of Steel trying to rescue Jarhanpur (Who share the same role as Palestine whose nation has been crippled by the Israelis who continue to murder people left, right & center with their guns) from the clutches of neighbouring Boravia (The country loosely inspired by Israel backed by the United States (For that the super villain of Lex Luthor is an ode to the greedy leader) which has depicted a military state starting a war on a defenceless country by the president of Boravia of Vasil Ghurkos being the equivalent of the real life Benjamin Netanyahu, the current president of Israel (Who is leading the way in surveillance stuff as they fight crime & terrorism all the way throughout according to the programme on Aljazeera that I saw on the 16th of July) whose military begins to assault innocent civilians from across the border fence, with kid's lives hanging in the balance evoking memories of the Gaza invasion while social media posts actually think that it's a critical response to Israel's actions in Gaza, but there's nothing about the new Superman movie not containing any antisemitic & anti-Zionist stuff that is considered offensive like that) that came out this year has drawn comparisons to the Gaza war that people who have seen the movie heavily criticize about the anti-Israel stuff & I really think that it doesn't make sense that it is a pro-Palestine movie (And I have never seen that new Superman movie (Which had rave reviews), compared to the F1 movie that I also have never seen, although the ending of the film has drawn parallels to the 2018-19 Gaza crisis (And there has been an update as there have been reports coming in about our country of New Zealand along with UK, Japan & the host of European countries demanding an end to that dreadful invasion by the Israelis on the Iran backed Hamas forces which resulted in a bloodshed genocide type of thing now, & then they must bring hundreds of the remaining hostages kept by Hamas safely home (This is like Auschwitz all over again during WWII with Israeli soldiers (Who I label them as animals along with the Israeli leader of Netanyahu, that is pretty pathetic stuff from them, very, very stupid indeed so damn these people, damn their cause, this hell is over!) setting up a concentration camp for those Palestinians captured, in response to the Israeli hostages being kept in captivity by those Hamas troops (Who I also label them as they're crazy but insane individual human beings), but I'm always about to panic about the Gaza crisis as many people are waiting for a feed at the aid site queuing in line, then they keep getting murdered by Israeli troops because they were always being ambushed & targeted (And there was an boat containing Israeli visitors who turned away from Gaza war protestors who held signs & waving Palestinian flags when they about to tour a Greek island, & I mean, who the hell is that? What is going on down there?) a lot, & I was like, what is wrong with you? Oh my god! Please don't tell me this is happening!).

And secondly that I'm gonna reveal a story about the 2 incidents on high profile individuals that sparked certain crimes that I remember such as first which is in Iraq that reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi (In which he continues to be a vocal critic of injustice as he has expressed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States after the murder of George Floyd in 2020 by a police officer named Derek Chauvin (Who got stabbed by a fellow inmate (Who is facing charges of an attempted killing like that which there will be a new, increased sentence handed out for attempted murder, assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon & assault resulting in serious bodily injury on Chauvin (Just like Random Task actor Joe Son who was a former MMA fighter, kickboxer & pro wrestler currently serving an imprisonment for life for multiple charges that he had) named John Turscak who was an FBI informant & a former gang member who is serving a 30 year behind bars sentence in 2023 (And Chauvin would've been killed if prison officers had not responded so quickly, federal prosecutors said, before he was transferred in a low security prison in Texas to serve the remainder of his jail sentence) in a racially motivated way) who allegedly threw a shoe (For which is downright offensive towards Islamic people because it is much more insulting in Muslim culture, especially in the Middle East) in front of the US President at the time of George W Bush way back in 2008 nearing the end of his presidency to show his anger at the corruption & chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq also way back in 2003, before being subdued by the president's security, the US Secret Service in which he was arrested for attacking a visiting head of state in which he got 9 months for it therefore he ended up in jail (Although the shoes used to throw towards Bush was completely destroyed by both American & Iraqi forces) before he was eventually released early for good conduct (But he got beaten by a metal pipe rod as part of his corporal punishment during his time behind bars), but he was running for parliament back in 2018 as a member of the movement campaigning against corruption and the sectarianism that has plagued his country for which his political party was shut down in 2021 (The year that was still overshadowed & marred by COVID), & the 2nd one where the UK comedian & activist of Jonnie Marbles was involved in an incident in the UK back in 2011 where he put his pie foam consisting of shaving cream into the face of global media tycoon baron of Rupert Murdoch (Who is always being guarded by law enforcement thinking that he's like a certain politician whether he is exactly like a president or prime minister as well as a billionaire such as the one I saw on the YouTube clip before the meeting began) before his wife at the time of Wendy Deng acted as security manager of Murdoch when she threw a strike towards Marbles whilst Rupert's son James was witnessing the incident before police arrested the comedian of assaulting Murdoch by causing harassment, alarm or distress (The actual meeting itself was suspended for 10 minutes following the incident), then being sentenced for the crime that he committed which was worth 6 weeks that he got for it (It was later trimmed to 4), as Simon Hatterstone from the Guardian explained that when he went in & saw cops with semi-automatic high powered rifles, he thought that, what if they completely overreact?

And thirdly that the World Rugby Nations Championship is happening as it will take place starting from next year as it replaces the Rugby Championship for which the new tournament will take place throughout both the July & November test windows with the Nations Championship is sorta like a mini world cup very similar to cricket's Champions Trophy & football/soccer's UEFA Nations League, but who'll become the Portugal football/soccer team & India cricket team of rugby (And there'll be the Rugby Club World Cup which commences in 2028 for that it is held every 4 years, & will be similar to both the Football/Soccer Club World Cup that they had this year (It was won by England's Chelsea FC who beat the UEFA Champions League title winners of Paris St Germain in the final, while our own Auckland FC achieved a draw against Argentina's Boca Juniors during the group stages of the competition) & the T20 Club World Cup also beginning next year), but sports news I have missed so far such as Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner (Who did a victory dance with the women's champion Iga Swiatek during the post celebrations as Carole alluded to me on the phone before on the 16th of July) finally completing his redemption story when he at last, managed to beat his main rival & his good friend off the court of Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon for the gentlemen's singles crown therefore gaining vengeance after his defeat in the hands of Alcaraz during the French Tennis Open at Roland Garros in Paris (And I watched the extended highlights of the championship game between the Italian against the Spanish player on YouTube online), while the ladies singles title at Wimbledon goes in the way of Poland's Swiatek who had a convincing straight sets win over American Amanda Anisimova who didn't play well as she struggled because she hardly won any game in any set (And I watched it on Sportscenter in one of the ESPN (Now owned by the Disney company meaning that it's available on Disney+) programmes such as either ESPN 1 or ESPN 2), while the last 7 men's Grand Slam tournaments have been dominated by either Alcaraz or Sinner all according to plan (And there has been an update in the women's football/soccer as England retain their beloved Women's Euro crown with a win in the final when the tournament was held in Switzerland against the women's world champions Spain (Led by it's star player who is by far the best in the world of the 'Female Andres Iniesta' of Aitana Bonmati) on spot kicks in a rematch of the women's World Cup final in 2023, therefore the English gained vengeance over the Spanish as they reversed their result from 2 years ago (And at least football is staying home for the time being), while in the Football/Men's Soccer World Cup news department such as both Jordan & Uzbekistan (A central Asian nation) has qualified for the first time in football/soccer's global showpiece event which is due next year in North America, even though our country of New Zealand (Who beat New Caledonia in the Oceania qualification playoff back in March following a strong showing in the 2nd half) is at least safe because we're already in for the first time since 2010 in South Africa in which we ended our campaign undefeated (all 3 draws against our Group F opponents against Slovakia, defending champions at the time of Italy, & Paraguay, but didn't make the round of 16 which is the first phase of the knockout stages).

And finally, news just in, especially in the rugby department such as the game that I've been with Pops on the 26th of July between Whanganui & the Classics (Formerly Classic All Blacks) founded by the late Andy Haden who originally came from Whanganui (He was married to Trish & has a son & daughter named Chris & Laura respectively) where the Butchers Boys won the match in a high scoring affair as they did it in front of 1,000 people (And I have not seen anything like it before in modern day rugby) at Cooks Gardens here in Whanganui, but the British & Irish Lions clinch the test series against the Wallabies who thought they had it which was embroiled by controversy, whether Dan Sheehan's diving try should be rubbed out by the TMO for dangerous play, & also the winning try scored by Hugo Keenan would've been overturned due to a controversial TMO decision regarding to foul play be disallowed? Because of Jac Morgan's high cleanout on Carlo Tizzano who simulated like a footballer/soccer player who would've got an Oscar for that meaning that the Italian referee had controversially awarded the try in which the Wallaby fans were aghast (And Andrea Piardi admits he got it wrong, & if Australia had been awarded the penalty for Morgan dangerously clearing out Tizzano for which was deemed to be that we believe is contact above the shoulders, well, they would've won the test match to maintain their series alive, but it was no avail) because they were gutted about the result while for the British & Irish Lions (Who thought Morgan could've been penalized for going off his feet as he sealed the ball off whilst Tizzano was going for the jackal in which the Wallabies had been awarded the penalty for going over the top, or ball carrier not releasing if Jac chose not to clean Carlo out, but Piardi was checking for foul play for the dangerous neck roll, but not killing the ruck (Oh dear god), they were stoked about it in which the test match was robbed for Australia where they should've won because of both illegal tries, one stolen test & zero accountability (Just like our All Black coach Scott Robertson who copped criticism about Bongi Mbonambi's try against the All Blacks in Joburg during the 3rd round of the Rugby Championship last year should not have stand due to a knock on in goal in which our New Zealand fans were aghast & in disbelief, & I mean from my point of view, that is dreadful!).

So that is my 625th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 49th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.